Politics Precedes One Retirement at a Time

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I would say, givene the times we're living through, it's amazing how little talk there is of what's going on in terms of u leditital revolution. And i also think often the system does take time to accept the need for change and em that. There's that phrase from max plank about m science preceding our one funeral at a time because old scientists don't like to give up their prior theories. Sometimes it does take, you know, kind of fresh thinking and a fresh generation,. almost, o to come through that better appreciates somef his new new ideas.

James Plunkett's new book, End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken, draws on his years working in both public policy and at the top tiers of government. A former advisor to UK prime minister Gordon Brown, his book looks at how to reboot some key ideas ranging from commerce to healthcare for a nation such as the UK in order to provide better quality of life for larger sections of society. James joins urbanist, transport and tech specialist Kat Hanna to talk about the book.

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